It was discovered at Awcomin Marsh in Rye on July 11, and was most recently reported on Tuesday.

It has also been reported from marshes along Route 1A just south of Rye Harbor.

This bird is mostly found in the Southeast United States in Florida and as far north as the Carolinas.

The sighting is part of the New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday.

Other rare birds seen on the seacoast are a yellow-crowned night-heron, two black-crowned night herons, two glossy ibis and three whimbrels seen in Hampton all on Saturday.

A possible hybrid between a snowy egret and a tricolored heron was seen in Hampton on Saturday and Sunday.

In Newington, a black-crowned night heron and five green herons were reported from near the Fox Run Mall in Newington on Sunday.

At least two Mississippi kites are being seen regularly in Newmarket, where they have nested during the past several years.

Two sandhill cranes have returned to their summering grounds in Monroe and are raising a young one. They can sometimes be seen on private property in fields along the Connecticut River nearly as far as one mile north of the town center and also in fields along Plains Road. Please do not cross the private property.

A least tern was seen in Hampton on Sunday.

Laughing gulls were seen along the coast on Saturday.

At least two grasshopper sparrows were seen at the Cemetery Fields on Merrimack Road in Amherst on Monday.

Two Bicknell's thrushes were reported from near the summit of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch in the White Mountains on Sunday.

Four gray jays were seen near the start of the Caps Ridge Trail on Jefferson Notch Road in the White Mountains on Sunday.

Three evening grossbeaks were seen in Tamworth on Sunday.

A yellow-billed cuckoo was reported from Tamworth on Sunday, and one was seen near Squam Lake on Tuesday.

If you have seen any interesting birds recently, you can send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: birdsetc@nhaudubon.org. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and phone number.